Yaa Gyasi

From the bestselling author of Homegoing comes a novel about love, loss, redemption and the American Dream, shortlisted for the Women's Prize. As a child, Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama, seeking escape in myths of heroism and romance. When her father and brother succumb to the harsh realities of...

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a stunning and unforgettable masterpiece that spans across three continents and seven generations. The novel begins with Effia and Esi, two half-sisters with starkly different destinies. Effia is married off to a British slaver while her sister Esi is sold into slavery and shipped to America. Through the branches of these two parallel family trees,...